Improvement in bed-lounges



A. ROTHSCHILD a"1 T.' s. amen.

BED-LOUNGE,

No; 192,085. Patented June 19,' 1877'.

l Iman-ZAL .PHERS. PHOID-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. ALEXANDER ROTHSCHILD. AND THOMAS s. BIRCH, .oEHARTEoRD, CONN,

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,085 dated June19,1877 application filed October 18, 1876.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER ROTHS- CHILD and THOMAS S. BIRCH, ofHartford, in the county of Hartford and State of 0011-. neoticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in `Bed-Lounges; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof,` whereby aperson skilled the art can make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of refer ence marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the saine parts. e

Ourinvention relates to upholstered lounges, such as are of ordinaryappearance when closed, but which open out so as to form a bed of doubletheir width, when required.

Our invention has for its object the more convenient arrangement of theparts of the frame, so as to permit of'` the better folding up out ofsight of the extra parts added to the ordinary lounge, and at the sametime afford an even base of the same character for the two sides of thebed when opened, and so that the upholstering can be permanentlyattached, and be made of the same thickness and elasticity upon the twosides of thebed. v

Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of Vtheseveral parts of the frame, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l shows the lounge partially opened,as seen from the top. Fig. 2 shows a crosssection through the middle ofthe lounge when closed, the dotted lines indicating the position oftheparts when the lounge is partially opened. Fig. 3 shows a top viewof thelounge when fully opened.

The frame of the lounge is shown in the drawing without the usualupholstering, in order to uncoverthe interior parts "and better show theconstruction of the working parts of the mechanism. p

A A is a rectangular frame, supported by the legs B, and forming thebody, to which are attached the movable parts of the mechanism. Gis theback of the lounge, resting foldinggbars E E, which are jointed to thebackand to the frameA in such a manner that they can fold up between theback and the frame A when the two parts are shut together, as shown inFig. 2, and which form rigid bars when extended, as shown in Fig. 1. Fisthat part ofthe frame to which the upholstered seat is secured. It isintended to extend over the arm G in the usual manner. This part of theframe is attached to the part A by hingesfas shown in the drawing, andopens upward and forward, as shown in Fig. 1, where it is turned up intoa verti cal position. His the frame for supporting the upholsteringofthe farther halt'of the bed. It folds into the interior of therectangular frame A, to which it is attached by hinges upon the rearbar, and opens upward and backward, so as to rest upon the bars E E whenfully open. When shut into the frame A the upholstered side is turneddownward.

-I is a folding arm attached to the part H by hinges, as shown in thedrawing, and corresponds with the arm Gr` when opened, as seen in Fig.3. It doubles up underneath part H when that part is turned downwardinto the frame A, as shown in Fig. 2., This arm is intended to beupholstered to correspond with the arm Gr.

The upholstering upon the two parts F and H is intended to vbe of thesame level on top, and to just meet in the middle when lance of ordinarylounges which are not in- .tended to open.

When is desired to open the lounge so as to form a bed, the front partis drawn forward, as shown `in Fig. l, so as to extend the folding barsE E. The part F containing the seat is then tipped forward upon itshinges, as shown in Fig. l, and the part H lis turned over backward, soas to rest upon l the bars E E. The seat F is then allowed to fall backinto its ordinary position, and

the arm I is turned up, leaving the! Wholein l the rectangular frzr'neA, the bzu's E, and the the position shownV in Fig. 5. The bed` is backG, substantially asberein described.

again closed np to form a lounge by lrevers ALEXANDER ROTHSCHILD. ingthe operations above described. :v THOMAS S. BIRCH.

What We claim as ourl invention is- Witnesses:

The combination of lthe forward-tipping THEQ. G. ELLIS,

